Sancho Panza (fretwork figure)
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Arch Two , Area 58 Puppet Corner |
A wooden jointed figure of Sancho Panza a character in Miguel de Cervantes' two part novel 'The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha' created by an unknown manufacturer.
The figure is jointed so that the arms and legs moves as well as the legs of his faithful mule.
The character of Sancho Panza is a peasant in the unnamed village in La Mancha that Don Quixote lives in before his madness takes hold. Deciding a knight-errant must require a squire he asks Sancho Panza who is not opposed to the idea. Throughout the stories he acts as a symbol of practicality against Quixote's idealism. Helping him in his quest even when he doesn't buy into it. He begins the novel illiterate and proud of it but as the story progresses he slowly learns more and more through his association with his 'knight'
